An Administrator's Perspective on the Organization of Physical Activity for Older Adults in Long-Term Care Facilities

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 75-84

  Baert, Veerle ^a   Gorus, Ellen ^a,b   Calleeuw, Koen ^a   De Backer, Werner ^a   Bautmans, Ivan ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Administrators; Barrier; Elderly; Long term care facility; Motivator; Nursing home; Older adults; Physical activity; WHO

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; BELGIUM; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIKERT SCALE; LONELINESS; LONG TERM CARE; MODEL; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; SCIENTIST; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STAFF; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BELGIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84955182612     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.08.011     Document Type: Article

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